I spent half my recesses in the library. I'm sure Owen's headed that way. But right now he still loves outside.
Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.
'Life of the Party'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Apr 19, 2011 5:39:17 pm PDT #4185 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Amy - Apr 19, 2011 5:44:36 pm PDT #4186 of 30001
Because books.
I don't remember recess. I think we might not have had it because we were a neighborhood school, and we walked home for lunch and then went back to school.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2011 5:46:24 pm PDT #4187 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We had two classes, then break, three classes, then lunch, three classes. In most of my schools. Break==recess, right?
megan walker - Apr 19, 2011 5:47:46 pm PDT #4188 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Break==recess
On a good day, recess = the lighter parts of Lord of the Flies. On a bad day, well...
shrift - Apr 19, 2011 5:52:10 pm PDT #4189 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I was fine with recess until 4th grade when my boobs arrived. I got busted hiding in the library, and my teacher read me the riot act. Given that I was, like, 9, I couldn't articulate that being the only girl with boobs meant recess suddenly turned into sexual harassment fun time.
le nubian - Apr 19, 2011 5:54:12 pm PDT #4190 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh god, shrift.
meara - Apr 19, 2011 5:54:19 pm PDT #4191 of 30001
There was a while in 4th grade where if you got in trouble you had to stay inside for recess. And I got in trouble for something and was like "OMG this is awesome! Stay inside and read? Heck yeah!" so after my punishment was over I just kept going as if I were still in trouble. Eventually the teacher caught on and made me go back out.
Amy - Apr 19, 2011 5:55:46 pm PDT #4192 of 30001
Because books.
Recess here is free time for elementary school kids. Once you hit middle school, there's lunch and that's it, unless you have a free period.
Given that I was, like, 9, I couldn't articulate that being the only girl with boobs meant recess suddenly turned into sexual harassment fun time.
There was one older boy who did the same to me. "Mrs. Mature," he called me, and I hated it, and hated him.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2011 5:56:56 pm PDT #4193 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, let me phrase it more simply...recess is the bit between classes that isn't lunch, right? Before lunch?
sarameg - Apr 19, 2011 5:57:09 pm PDT #4194 of 30001
I hated dodgeball and kickball and red rover. I liked playing archeologist/dinosaurist in the dirt and mashing mulberries in dirt pits and making fake pies with mud crusts. And to twist things up, I pretty much bullied the only kid quieter than me into playing with me and totally following my rules. I apologized to Tiffany in high school when I realized what a meanie I was to her, and she totally didn't remember it. And she was a popular cheerleader by then, not in my circle of friends. We both started laughing hysterically.